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Zandar
Netherlands1541 Posts
The game becomes so much better with some of them and there's loads of new content too. Check the top 20 mods and install some, you won't regret it, the quality is really high. And with the mod manager installing/upgrading/deleting a mod is very easy. No zip extracting or file moving etc, everything is handled automaticly. And all mods have readmes about how they work ingame. | ||
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Steveling
Greece10806 Posts
On March 28 2013 21:46 rapture wrote: Could you recommend any usefull Mods for somebody that just purchased Skyrim? First things first, go here and download the nexus mod manager. With it you can easily add/remove mods. Some mods require to be run by a custom exe file, learn how to install this here. I assume you have all the official dlcs, hearthfire, dawnguard and dragonborn. If not get them. Now, the mods. + Show Spoiler + http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/4929 *A quality world map - high res map which shows roads between towns* http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/4929 *Balanced magic mod - revamps magic system* http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/8003 *Complete crafting overhaul - self explanatory* http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/4719 *Weapons and armor fixes - fixes stats, skins etc* http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/3863 *SkyUI - the single most important mod, it fixes the terrible inventory system* http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/607 *Skyrim HD - upgrades most testures to high quality* http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/27644 *Immersive weapons - gives a shitload of new lore friendly weapons* http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/19733 *Immersive armors - gives a shitload of new lore friendly armors* http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/16225 *Apocalypse spell package - gives a shitload of new spells* http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/10168 *ApachiiSkyHair - awesome hairstyles http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/5485 *Deadly combat - changes some aspects of the vanilla combat, awesome http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/33292 *Unique uniques - uniques with proper stats and custom textures http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/6047 *Smithing perks overhaul - self explanatory http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/30 *No more blocky faces - vanilla faces look UGLY http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/7887 *Pretty face - and this makes them even prettier These mods I don't see myself playing ever without. I recommend all of them. Then it's up to you to dig in and get whatever you like. Pro tip : search the mods by categories and sort the results out via endorsements. You will find all the great mods ez this way. | ||
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Simberto
Germany11686 Posts
Afterwards, it depends on how much you want to change, and how much you want the original experience. I personally would recommend getting Requiem, but that one changes a lot of things gameplay wise, and i don't know if that is something you want to do on your first playthrough. Especially the removal of the level scaling is something a lot of people really want, but some don't like it because it results in you being restricted in where you can go since you can meet things that you are not able to fight yet (that does not happen in the base game) | ||
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ryndaris
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LaNague
Germany9118 Posts
a full stamina powerattack will hurt you, even trough block. | ||
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daemir
Finland8662 Posts
If you want to brawl, heavy armor, shield, pick stamina and health upgrades on level up (stamina mainly). Being low stamina character on SkyRE combat module will get you pummeled to the ground. I was getting 1 hit by normal bandit's arrows on adept difficulty when playing as a cloth character so yea, you need to give combat a bit more respect. Might be that I had the additional location damage mod thingie as well though. Oh you might want to try out poisons big time for your weapons if your character isn't physically a mountain, dem poisons in SkyRE can be pretty badass and not that hard to find or make. Apply a dot poison on your blade or bow, make a hit and then dodge around till the baddie dies from it. I'm playing a poisoner thief currently with shortbow and dagger, haven't been able to actually backtab anyone to death yet, since I'm pretty much dead from a single power attack from anything :D but paralyze poisons, health poisons, arrow shots in the neck or head and so on. Makes a different approach to combat. Draugr are kinda bitch though. | ||
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ryndaris
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ZenithM
France15952 Posts
On March 28 2013 23:04 Steveling wrote: First things first, go here and download the nexus mod manager. With it you can easily add/remove mods. Some mods require to be run by a custom exe file, learn how to install this here. I assume you have all the official dlcs, hearthfire, dawnguard and dragonborn. If not get them. Now, the mods. + Show Spoiler + http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/4929 *A quality world map - high res map which shows roads between towns* http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/4929 *Balanced magic mod - revamps magic system* http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/8003 *Complete crafting overhaul - self explanatory* http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/4719 *Weapons and armor fixes - fixes stats, skins etc* http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/3863 *SkyUI - the single most important mod, it fixes the terrible inventory system* http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/607 *Skyrim HD - upgrades most testures to high quality* http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/27644 *Immersive weapons - gives a shitload of new lore friendly weapons* http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/19733 *Immersive armors - gives a shitload of new lore friendly armors* http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/16225 *Apocalypse spell package - gives a shitload of new spells* http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/10168 *ApachiiSkyHair - awesome hairstyles http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/5485 *Deadly combat - changes some aspects of the vanilla combat, awesome http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/33292 *Unique uniques - uniques with proper stats and custom textures http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/6047 *Smithing perks overhaul - self explanatory http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/30 *No more blocky faces - vanilla faces look UGLY http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/7887 *Pretty face - and this makes them even prettier These mods I don't see myself playing ever without. I recommend all of them. Then it's up to you to dig in and get whatever you like. Pro tip : search the mods by categories and sort the results out via endorsements. You will find all the great mods ez this way. How is the auto-level-scaling in Skyrim? It was awful in Oblivion (you know, when every fucking highway brigand has a fucking daedric armor...), so many mods tried to patch it. Is it better in vanilla Skyrim, or would you still recommend some mod to have it right? | ||
ZodaSoda
Australia1191 Posts
ppl will Recommend Requiem mod, but i only recommend Requiem on a second or third play after playing vanilla | ||
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Steveling
Greece10806 Posts
And there's a mod that turns skyrim into gothic by allowing you to level your skill only by training, so there's a use for all the gold you get too/reason to get more. Btw I would not recommend SkyRe for people that want to get the most out of modded skyrim. SkyRe is just a convenient tool with a great number of fixes and alterations into one single mod for those that can't be bothered spending their time searching. Individually though there are much better mods to use instead. | ||
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Maxie
Sweden2653 Posts
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Steveling
Greece10806 Posts
Balanced magic mod, very nice. Also apocalypse's spell package which adds almost 200 new lore friendly spells. | ||
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daemir
Finland8662 Posts
On April 12 2013 06:29 ryndaris wrote: Ok, I understand that it makes perfect sense for a dagger-wielding thief to get smashed by a berserker in a head-on fight, but doesn't this philosophy limit the gameplay pretty heavily? A lot of quests in Skyrim come to mind that involve taking on larger groups at once and I can't even imagine how I'm supposed to handle those with this mod. I've just been ambushed in Riften by 3 mercenaries (hired by -Guard, heh) at level 22 and literally the only way I could survive the engagement was to abuse the canal water and shoot them with my bow while swimming between ladders. After killing 2, I figured I'd man up and go beat up the final guy with my daggers, which resulted in me almost dying before managing to jump back into the water... It just feels silly and tbh exploiting AI just to progress isn't all that enjoyable. How does the "difficult combat" mod (the widely accepted alternative) stack up? Is it more reasonable for a stealth character? Well you could have done what a thief would do in that situation: flee the scene. You don't need to murderize everything you know. And if you do have to get something killed and it forces a bad fight on you, run, hide, ambush. Sneak attacks are still super deadly when used right and stealth is still bonkers crazy (broken tbh). You can stay hidden in a quite dark room in the open and enemies might walk right past you and never notice. Haven't had a fight so far I couldn't deal with as a stealthy shortbow dude. Poisons help if I can't ambush them from stealth or if there's multiple enemies. Paralyze or slow poison and you can kill near anything. | ||
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Simberto
Germany11686 Posts
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Steveling
Greece10806 Posts
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Maxie
Sweden2653 Posts
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ryndaris
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Azerbaijan
United States660 Posts
On March 28 2013 23:04 Steveling wrote: First things first, go here and download the nexus mod manager. With it you can easily add/remove mods. Some mods require to be run by a custom exe file, learn how to install this here. I assume you have all the official dlcs, hearthfire, dawnguard and dragonborn. If not get them. Now, the mods. + Show Spoiler + http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/4929 *A quality world map - high res map which shows roads between towns* http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/4929 *Balanced magic mod - revamps magic system* http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/8003 *Complete crafting overhaul - self explanatory* http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/4719 *Weapons and armor fixes - fixes stats, skins etc* http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/3863 *SkyUI - the single most important mod, it fixes the terrible inventory system* http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/607 *Skyrim HD - upgrades most testures to high quality* http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/27644 *Immersive weapons - gives a shitload of new lore friendly weapons* http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/19733 *Immersive armors - gives a shitload of new lore friendly armors* Better Sorting http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/16225 *Apocalypse spell package - gives a shitload of new spells* http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/10168 *ApachiiSkyHair - awesome hairstyles http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/5485 *Deadly combat - changes some aspects of the vanilla combat, awesome http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/33292 *Unique uniques - uniques with proper stats and custom textures http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/6047 *Smithing perks overhaul - self explanatory http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/30 *No more blocky faces - vanilla faces look UGLY http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/7887 *Pretty face - and this makes them even prettier These mods I don't see myself playing ever without. I recommend all of them. Then it's up to you to dig in and get whatever you like. Pro tip : search the mods by categories and sort the results out via endorsements. You will find all the great mods ez this way. Afaik Balanced Magic is no longer being updated and has some issues with parts of the mod not actually changing anything in the game. I personally recommend Mighty Magick; seems to scale pretty well, changes the perks to make more sense, and adds a lot of new spells. Complete crafting overhaul and Smithing perks overhaul are very good mods but make sure you get Sharlikrans Compatibility versions to help them mix well with a lot of other useful mods like Better Sorting. Weapons and Armor fixes is now included in the Unofficial Skyrim Patch which I also highly recommend. Fixes all kinds of annoying bugs all over the game. | ||
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KiWiKaKi
Canada691 Posts
That walking device will be compatible with the oculus rift virtual reality = gg | ||
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Steveling
Greece10806 Posts
On April 20 2013 19:21 KiWiKaKi wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxwknXZ_fR0 That walking device will be compatible with the oculus rift virtual reality = gg Disable fast travel, achieve your dream body in 6 months, lol. | ||
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